The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: Robinson Jeffers
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Nature, Friendship, California, West, U.S., Death or dying, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Mountains
Considering the high regard that Robinson Jeffers enjoyed during the 1920’s and 1930’s, following the publication of his first two books, Tamar (1924) and Roan Stallion (1925), an explosion of attention that included Jeffers’ picture appearing on the cover of Time magazine, it is startling to see how rapidly his reputation declined. By the middle of the century, he was nearly invisible, represented by one or two perfunctory selections in standard anthologies but reviled by the New Critics, ignored by proponents of modernism, and curiously overlooked even by...
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